Ruby was glad her father didn't do betrothals. She believed in love — there was no point getting married if you didn't love the other person. That wasn't to say that she wouldn't like to marry someone handsome and rich but that was so long as she loved them as well.

She didn't have a very practical view of marriage if we're being honest.

"Don't say that!" Ruby assured her friend. "You're a lovely person!" Maybe she wasn't considered as attractive as other debs, but she came from wealth and she was a kind personality. Some men would value that more than a pretty face and blonde hair.

"Have you had the chance to get to know your future husband? Have you seen your birth charts?"